Copying and Pasting is what I'm doing at the moment. A script would be so much more useful!

I'm wondering if there's a DVD Audio equivalent CD Architect... I feel a google search coming on.

Can I ask why you want to even do this?

All DVD players can play CDs and mp3, my Sony DVD player will even play SACD. I think also at least some of them will display the track name.

On the other hand there is a uber high quality audio format (DVD-A) that's never really taken off, the cost of the authoring tools might have accounted for that to some extent.

Bob.

I do this all the time to create a time/date subtitle file.

I use a batch re-namer to re-name all my clips with their original time/date

Excalibur has the "quick labels" feature that will take the names of the clips and automatically build a separate track with the clip names complete with region markers.

Then you just use the "export regions as subtitles" script that comes with vegas.... or you can just simply compost and burn in the clip name if you want it permanent. Quick labels gives you the ability to place the text anywhere within the video.

It's fast, painless, and easy.

@blink - that could be exactly what I need. I'll give excalibur a go...

@farss - have 5 hours of recordings, and I need to know the name of the tracks as they play. Although I could create a series of audio CDs with CD Text, my player does not read CD Text, so that's no good. I thought creating a DVD would be a better option.

Regarding the original question: A script isn't possible to create titles on a video track. The actual settings of generated media are not available to the scripting interface -- it can only choose a preset. (Well, you can create a preset that contains the text you want and then have a script add media with that preset, but that probably wouldn't help you much in this situation. ;)

However, there may be an easy solution for what you want to do -- assuming you have (or it's feasible for you to make) your audio clips as individual files named with the text you want to appear.

In DVD Architect, create a Music/Video Compilation. Before you do anything else, go to the Options and check Auto Insert Track Title. Then add your audio files to the compilation. DVDA will add a text item to each clip with the name of its file (minus the extension).

Rob

"Regarding the original question: A script isn't possible to create titles on a video track. The actual settings of generated media are not available to the scripting interface -- it can only choose a preset."

Sorry... wrong.

Excalibur's quick labels has it's own text generator built in

Why not create a CD of mp3s?

Every DVD player will play them and if you set the bitrate fairly high (192K) the quality is not that bad. You'll easily fit 5 hours onto a CD or if that's not enough space use a DVD, it'll still play.

Not all players will read and display the ID3 tag data however they all seem to display the filename, just make that the song title. It might not look too pretty I'll admit but if you're the only one reading them not an issue.

You may or may not need to prefix the file name with a sequential number e.g. "01 Mary had a little lamb" etc.

I should mention you can do all this in Vegas.

Bob.

Yes, an MP3 CD is also on my list of things to try. I've already generated the files, as it happens, and now I'm looking to see how I can achieve what you mention in Vegas...

I like the idea using DVDA, too... I'll give all these ideas a try to find which is the best option for me.

In investigating all this, I've discovered just what a fantastically powerful audio tool Vegas is. I'm having a whale of a time investigating.

Thanks to all for your suggestions.

TLF

"(Well, you can create a preset that contains the text you want and then have a script add media with that preset, but that probably wouldn't help you much in this situation. ;)"

Well... yes.... and no

Quick labels allows you to create a preset that contains the text if that's the way you want to go but that requires manually typing in each text set that you want. However if the text you want viewed just happens to be the NAME of the clip then quick labels will do automatically at the click of your mouse. If you have 500 clips then Q/L will generate a track with the 500 clip names complete with region markers with ONE mouse click.

So the trick here is simply to make sure that the text you want displayed is in fact the NAME of the clip. In my case it's the time/date. I use a batch renamer that renames the clips with the windows explorer time/date of the clip (which is the same as the original clip time/date). Then with a few mouse clicks an entire track is generated with the name of each clip that of course corresponds and lines up to each respective clip..... or in my case.... the time/date.

Blink, I was referring to text generated media (as in Vegas Generated Media). Excalibur's Quick Label tool creates an image file on the fly and adds it as an event.

Rob

Ahhh...okay. Sorry... I thought you were speaking of the text generated media within Q/L

SORTED! Thanks, guys (and SCS).

The DVDA Music compilation trick does exactly what I need.

TLF

Blink - I am extremely grateful - I didn't know about this part of Excalibur's capabilities till you wrote about it - I previously had to supply clients with a Time Code DVD, then when they told me the time code, I had to cross check to find out which clip ...... now, with a few clicks my Time Code DVD already has the Clip Name as well as the Time Code burnt in.

Thank you ... and, of course, thanks Edward!